Forthcoming

This report discusses the main results of a study on how to reduce air pollution from urban public transport in Kazakhstan. More specifically, it presents the analysis of how to design a green public investment programme in this sector.

This report provides a review of the labour market and social policies that could help Kazakhstan in its dual objectives of building more inclusive labour markets, while maintaining a path of strong growth.

The Kazakhstani economy and society underwent deep transformations in the last decades, passing from a period of economic unrest in the 1990s to a sustained period of rapid growth in the years 2000s. The most impressive achievement of this progress...

Like other economies in the former Soviet Union, Kazakhstan underwent major economic and social transformations since it declared independence in 1991. The transition period that took place during the 1990s was characterised by hyperinflation,...

This chapter explores the labour market situation of Kazakhstan from an international comparative perspective. At a first glance, labour market outcomes suggest that Kazakhstan performs well in the international comparison. However, these figures...

With youth unemployment rates among the lowest in the world, Kazakhstani youth do not face high barriers in entering employment. One issue of major concern, however, is job quality, with many young people employed in low-quality, low-paid jobs, often...

Older workers in Kazakhstan are often an untapped resource and their potential value is not fully utilised in the labour market. Many older people are inactive compared to OECD countries; very few continue working beyond retirement age, and when they...

Few people with disability in Kazakhstan participate in the labour market, and – when employed – rarely manage to keep their job. This chapter looks at the role that institutions and policies play to help people with disabilities that are in a...

This report provides an independent and comparative assessment of the overall performance of Kazakhstan’s innovation system since independence, with recommendations on improving performance drawing on the experience of other OECD countries in...

The OECD Review of Kazakhstan’s Innovation Policy is part of a series of OECD country reviews of innovation policy (www.oecd.org/sti/innovation/reviews). It was requested by the authorities of the Republic of Kazakhstan, represented by the Ministry...

In 2017 Kazakhstan was invited by the OECD to become Adherent to the OECD Declaration on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises. This adherence bears witness to the determination that Kazakhstan holds towards its integration into the...

The legal regime faced by foreign investors, the protection granted to them, and the design of the country’s tax policy are only a part of the overall investment environment. The quality of domestic regulations and administrative procedures, the...